FIRE ON STEAMER
FN ROUTE FROM CALCUTTA TO ADELAIDE SUBDUED AFTER, HARD FIGHT (By Electric Telegraph-Copy"i«mti (Australian A N.Z Cable Association. 1 ADELAIDE. 14th Ocl. The British India steamer Janus, from Calcutta to Adelaide, arrived to-day. When 60 miles west of Neptune Island, off tho western side of the entrance to Spencer Gulf, in a raging gale a (ire broke out in the shelter deck. It, was found that bales of kapoe. and corn sacks in No. 3 hatch were alight. After a seven hours' hard light the fire was subdued, but it was necessary to jettison manv lons of damaged cargo.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 15 October 1926, Page 5
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102FIRE ON STEAMER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 15 October 1926, Page 5
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